CVE-2025-4972Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Invitation restriction bypass via unchecked group sharing

Published Jul 10, 2025 · Updated Jul 10, 2025

Incorrect authorization in GitLab EE 18.0 through 18.0.3 and 18.1 through 18.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass invitation restrictions. The group-sharing invitation path fails to enforce the top-level group's disabled-invitations setting when an eligible user invites an entire group. An account with invitation privileges can add that group's users despite the configured restriction, expanding access beyond the group owner's policy.

CVSS severity2.7
Low
EPSS probability0.33%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect authorization in GitLab EE 18.0 through 18.0.3 and 18.1 through 18.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass invitation restrictions. The group-sharing invitation path fails to enforce the top-level group's disabled-invitations setting when an eligible user invites an entire group. An account with invitation privileges can add that group's users despite the configured restriction, expanding access beyond the group owner's policy.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-4972
Published
Jul 10, 2025
Updated
Jul 10, 2025
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-863, T1098
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=18.0 <18.0.4
  2. Affected versionversion=18.1 <18.1.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=18.0 <18.0.4; version=18.1 <18.1.2

Published CVSS scores

2.7GitLabCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
T1098Account Manipulation

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